More than half of adults with learning disabilities still live with their families
Papworth Trust’s publication on disability in the UK is in its sixth edition but, sadly the research presented in it about people who have learning disabilities is no less shocking than previous editions.
At least 50% of all adults with learning disabilities still live at home with parents or family members. For some, this limits their life experiences and denies them the opportunity for independence. Many have elderly, frail parents. This impacts on the person with learning disabilities’ social circle and presents further limitations. In only 25% of cases where someone lives with an elderly relative, the local authority has a planned alternative care.
A total of 20% of people with a learning disability work, but 65% or more people want to.
People with learning disabilities are 58 times more likely than other people to die before the age of 50
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